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Alexander Brown
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Assistant Political Editor at The Mirror. COYS enthusiast. You can get me at [email protected]
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · Jul 6
*Professional news*
Delighted to announce I'm joining The Mirror as Assistant Political Editor. I start in August, but am keen to line up coffees, intros, and gossip immediately. My DMs are open, why not say hi
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.

He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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This is a wonderful read on the match between Palestine and the Basque national team
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘It touched us from the start’: Palestine savour historic night in Bilbao | Sid Lowe
More than 50,000 fans cheered on Ihab Abu Jazar’s team with the coach and players ‘shocked’ by the outpouring of support during their visit
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Went to the women's North London derby and a clear highlight was an Arsenal adult fan behind us chanting "red army", and a small child next to him mishearing so saying "you can't say that, it's offensive to Jewish people"
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Went to a care home with Angela Rayner to talk about what's next, Labour infighting, and boosting pay for carers
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Angela Rayner makes vow to Brits in first interview since losing Deputy PM job
The former Deputy Labour Leader slapped down the infighting that engulfed Labour this week, condemning it as 'arrogant tittle tattle', and called for a focus on the issues
www.mirror.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Sadiq Khan has written for The Mirror about London being the best city in the world, and claimed its critics are talking 'baseless, unpatriotic nonsense'
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'London is world's best city - people claiming it's lawless hate its success'
'The fact that London has again been crowned greatest city in the world disproves everything our critics claim, and they can’t stand it', the London Mayor Sadiq Khan writes
www.mirror.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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PSA: Pulp have done the Tiny Desk Concert and it's great with really interesting arrangements
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Kl...
Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Rupert Lowe just asked the PM, who fought to end the death penalty in multiple countries, if he’d support a referendum to bring it back
#PMQs
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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The right wing has forced out a right winger from the BBC for not being right wing enough and will now talk more about the BBC not being right wing enough in right wing papers and right wing talk shows that hate the BBC for not being right wing enough
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
Joyce Carol Oates @Joyce... 17h O So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world." Elon Musk ' @elonmusk X.com Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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EXC: JK Rowling and Elon Musk are funding transphobia which is seeing equality in Britain go backwards, a Labour MP has warned. Nadia Whittome said the public had far bigger concerns than trans people, but those concerns were drowned out on social media
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JK Rowling 'funding transphobia' as equality in Britain goes backwards, MP says
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
www.mirror.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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A Lily Allen style album on betrayal and heartbreak but it's about Nick Mohammed at the end of Celebrity Traitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Same vibe
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Vince Cable and George Osborne are in Westminster answering questions from MPs about the Budget
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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While many will be celebrating Zohran Mamdani winning, do also consider how hard today will be for racists and sex pest apologists
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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This Rachel Reeves speech is basically her saying everyone should be worried then refusing to elaborate
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Speeches before the Budget are so funny, just 20 minutes of bad vibes then a Q&A with all questions about specifics dismissed as it’s not the Budget yet. Great use of time
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Oh so hate clicks are actually what they’re after
November 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Sir John Curtice: "People are getting to know her more, but for every person who goes ‘oh ok not too bad’, there’s another one who goes ‘oh my God, surely not’"
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Inside Kemi Badenoch's first year - 'she's got to hope for a Farage implosion'
A year ago on Sunday Kemi Badenoch was named Tory leader after members ignored James Cleverley's plea to 'be more normal' - and 12 months on Nigel Farage has stolen the initiative
www.mirror.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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All estate agents should apologise, not just those working for Rachel Reeves
October 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The quotes in this are so fucking bad I had to check several times it wasn’t a deep fake
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Reform UK MP says seeing adverts 'full of Black people' drives her 'mad'
Sarah Pochin was responding to a question about whether her party will do anything about the 'representation of demographics in TV adverts', and claimed white people were 'demonised'
www.mirror.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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David Harbour do not show your face in London again (new Lily Allen album is devastating and brilliant)
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Great story from one of the best journalists in the lobby
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Robert Jenrick should apologise for his repeated attacks on judges, David Lammy has said. The Justice Secretary was speaking after warnings from the profession that they are facing death and rape threats
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Robert Jenrick 'should apologise' for attacks on judges, David Lammy says
David Lammy spoke out after warnings from the profession that they are facing death and rape threats amid an increasingly toxic atmosphere instigated by political attacks
www.mirror.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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At a David Lammy speech and they walked us to our press seats through the kitchen
A Goodfellas scene
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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EXC: Labour plans to ramp up its attacks on Farage, making more of his praise for Putin, and the conviction of Nathan Gill. Internal polling shows 57% of voters believe Farage's "sympathy" for Putin is a risk to national security, and party reckons that can go higher
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Labour to ramp up attacks on Nigel Farage over Putin praise
The party plans to do more to call out the Reform UK leader, with internal polling showing 57% of all voters saying Mr Farage's sympathy for Putin is a risk to national security
www.mirror.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM